Wait till the sun rises

"Why did you come?" Xia Yang's nose was red, he took a sip from his cup, and then looked down in surprise.

Xu Jiming said: "It's too late, I won't be able to fall asleep if I drink coffee. I'm bored at home, so I went out for a stroll, and I happened to be at your work place, so I just wanted to wait for you to go home together."

Xia Yang took another sip of the milk tea in his hand, the sweet taste slid down the tip of his tongue and down his esophagus, all the way sweet to his heart.

Xu Jiming reached out to hail a car, opened the door for Xia Yang and said, "Now go home."

"Ah."

The car drove away slowly, no one saw an inconspicuous van parked on the side of the road, followed the taxi, and merged into the rolling traffic.

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When Xia Yang opened the door, he suddenly stopped. He turned his head and glanced at Xu Jiming behind him, and said, "Did you not turn off the light?" Relationships seem to go back to a long time ago, close, familiar.But Xia Yang knew that it was just an appearance.But even so, he was content.As long as he is still by his side, he can still see him.

Xu Jiming touched his nose and said, "I've closed it."

The two looked at each other, Xia Yang looked down at the shoe rack by the door, and suddenly laughed: "It's Grandpa who's back."

"Ah." Xu Jiming became nervous instantly, and subconsciously tidied up his clothes.

Xia Yang turned his head and met Xu Jiming's nervous face. He controlled his hands that wanted to straighten his clothes, but looked at him narrowly. His eyes seemed to say, do you know how to be afraid?

Xu Jiming stood by the door, took a deep breath, and then slowly stepped inside.

Xia Yang handed him the shoes, and Xu Jiming straightened his body in an instant, and he said in a stiff tone, "Grandfather."

Xia Yang turned around, and sure enough, grandpa opened the bedroom door and came out.He walked over and said with a smile: "Grandpa, why don't you call me and pick you up."

Grandpa Xia had already changed into light gray cotton pajamas, and wore a hat on his head. Compared with seven years ago, he was older, with deeper wrinkles on his face, and his back was beginning to bend, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

"You're so busy, I'll just come back by myself." The old man walked slowly to the middle of the living room, with a kind smile on his face, he rushed to Xu Jiming who was standing in front of the door and said, "Jiming is here, hurry up, don't worry." Standing there, come, come and show my old man, see you for many years."

Xu Jiming closed the door behind his back, walked over slowly, helped the old man to sit down on the sofa, and then squatted halfway in front of the old man.

Grandpa Xia stretched out his hand to hold Xu Jiming's hand, looked at Xu Jiming carefully for a moment, and said with a sigh, "Grandpa is already old."

Xu Jiming's Adam's apple moved up and down, and then he took the old man's furrowed hand and pressed it tightly to his cheek.

The old man looked at him quietly, tears welled up in his eyes, Grandpa Xia suddenly withdrew his hand from Xu Jiming's, slapped Xu Jiming on the cheek, and then seemed afraid of hurting him again In general, he stretched out his hand and rubbed it again.

The old man's fingertips were dry and rough, but they were extremely warm. The temperature spread to Xu Jiming's heart along the place where the skin touched. He could feel the old man's fingers trembling.

"You child, my old man really loves you for nothing." Grandpa Xia's voice was very soft, it could be said that it was breathless, with a slight trembling, "How cruel have you not come to see Grandpa for so many years?"

"Thanks to my old man's good health, I have survived until now. If I were short-lived, wouldn't I not even be able to see you for the last time?" The old man's old tears fell down and dripped on the back of Xu Jiming's hand. As if being scalded, he knelt on the ground, holding the old man's hand tightly, his shoulders shaking violently.

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"Yangyang, you go to bed first. You will sleep with me tomorrow. Grandpa and grandson haven't seen each other for a long time, let's catch up."

Xu Jiming exhaled inaudibly, and Xia Yang said with a smile: "Grandfather, can't we talk tomorrow?"

Grandpa Xia grabbed Xu Jiming's hand and patted it, saying, "We'll talk today, and we'll talk tomorrow."

Xia Yang and Xu Jiming looked at each other, then got up and said, "Well, don't talk too late, it's getting late now."

Before coming to City B, Xu Jiming was always very scared. He didn't know how to face Grandpa Xia. When we meet again in seven years, what will Grandpa say?Will that incident become a knot in Grandpa's heart?Will he hate himself for it.

But after he actually saw it, he realized how ridiculous his original worries were.

Grandpa Xia is like every old man who sees his long-lost relatives. All the rifts and unhappiness in the past seemed to have never existed. He pulled Xu Jiming to ask him about his life abroad in the past few years, whether he was tired from studying, Whether life is bitter or not, whether I am used to eating foreign food, why I lost so much weight, etc.

Xu Jiming sat by the bed, tightly held the old man's hands, and softly and patiently told him little by little what had happened abroad in these years.

"...At first I couldn't get used to the food there. After a long time, I prepared the ingredients and made it myself. The classmates are very friendly, and I met a senior over there who took good care of me."

"Grandfather?" Xu Jiming didn't get a response, and when he raised his eyes to look over, he saw that Grandpa Xia had fallen asleep leaning against the head of the bed.

Xu Jiming smiled helplessly, carefully lifted the old man's body, and laid him flat on the bed.He also took off his clothes, lay on the other side of the bed, and had a good night's sleep.

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Holding the soybean milk machine in his hand, Xu Jiming said to the old man, "Master, good morning."

"Morning." Grandpa Xia smiled, "Wake up so early? Where's Yangyang?"

"I'm here." Xia Yang's vague voice came from the bathroom.

Grandpa Xia shouted, "Why do you let Ji Ming cook?"

Xu Jiming pulled back his chair and said with a smile, "Anyway, I'm fine, Xia Yang has to go to work. Grandpa, wash your face and eat."

The grandpa and grandson sat at the table, the atmosphere was harmonious, at least on the surface, time seemed to go back a long time ago, but Xu Jiming seemed to have something stuck in his heart, feeling a little uncomfortable, and his eyes wandered away from looking at Grandpa Xia.

Grandpa Xia said, "Yangyang still has to go to work today?"

Xia Yang nodded, and the old man put his chopsticks aside, feeling a little dissatisfied, "What kind of company is that? You squeeze the employees. How long have you been with my old man?"

Xia Yang said: "I'm already busy, today should be quite relaxing, and I should be able to go home earlier tonight."

The old man nodded sullenly, lowered his head, and suddenly said to Xu Jiming as if he remembered something: "Ah, by the way, you obviously met a senior sister who took good care of you in a foreign country yesterday?"

Xia Yang paused his fingers, looked up, and saw Xu Jiming sitting up straight, and then said with a smile: "Yes, it just so happens that she is also in City B."

The old man placed the chopsticks neatly on the bowl again, looked at Xu Jiming, and asked with a serious expression, "Is there any drama?"

Xia Yang squeezed his chopsticks tightly.

Xu Jiming opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Xia Yang said: "Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

Grandpa Xia ignored him, waved his hand vigorously, and still said to Xu Jiming: "Obviously, you see that you are not young anymore. Last time I called your mother, she was still talking about it. If you have feelings for this girl Favorability is worse than development.”

"Grandfather." Xu Jiming licked his lips, and before he could speak, he heard Grandpa Xia continue: "Did you have a girlfriend all these years?"

"...No." Xu Jiming said in a low voice, "I'm under a lot of academic pressure, I haven't thought about that."

In silence, Xia Yang pushed the plate with buns in front of Xu Jiming, and said a little embarrassedly: "Eat quickly, it will be cold in a while." Grandpa Xia said oh, bowed his head and continued to drink soy milk with a heavy heart.

When Xia Yang was leaving, he dragged Xu Jiming to the side, then glanced at Grandpa Xia with a guilty conscience and said, "Don't take it too seriously, Grandpa has been like this for the past few years, always urging and urging."

Xu Jiming lowered his head and hummed.

After sending Xia Yang away, Xu Jiming washed the dishes in the kitchen. After washing the dishes, he found Grandpa on the balcony who was reading the newspaper.

The old man glanced at him, patted the chessboard beside his hand, and said, "Come."

Xu Jiming moved the bench over and played chess with the old man.

"Yangyang bought this." The old man said suddenly.

Xu Jiming smiled and said, "I know, I also gave Dad a plate, I saw it when I got home."

The old man smiled and said, "How is your father recently? I haven't seen you for a while."

"It's pretty good." Xu Jiming said, "I'm not so busy at work, I often spend time with my mother."

They chatted about some small things in life, and the time passed without knowing it, and at ten o'clock, Xu Jiming said: "Grandpa, I'm going back.

Grandpa Xia put down the chess and said, "Go back now?"

"Well, I have to report to the company tomorrow."

Grandpa Xia stood up and said, "Okay then, I'll see you off."

Xu Jiming hurriedly said, "No, it's so cold outside, you don't have to see me off."

The old man put on his hat, stood up and said, "Be careful on the road, have you told Yang Yang about this?"

Xu Jiming said, "I'll call him later. I'll see you next time."

The old man nodded and walked him to the door.Xu Jiming stood in front of the door and said, "Grandfather, don't send it off. It's very cold outside."

Grandpa Xia nodded, and said to Xu Jiming as if remembering something, "Wait a minute." He entered the kitchen, and came out with a plastic bag in his hand, "This is made by my old chess friend, take it with you." Go back and give your parents a taste."

"it is good."

"It's clear." The old man shook Xu Jiming's hand vigorously and then let go, saying, "What I said at the dinner table has no other meaning, but I hope you are well. You can also do it about the girl." Think about it carefully." Looking at the kind eyes of the old man, Xu Jiming nodded, and a gratified smile appeared on the old man's face.

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Xu Jiming called Xia Yang in the taxi, and hung up after saying a few words.Before he could put the phone back, another call came in.

"Hey, senpai."

Chen Ruolin said succinctly: "Student, come to Maohe Mansion quickly!"

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